The advisory group

Expert advisers should be invited to review and comment on the draft text of the NF. Representatives of the intended audience (i.e. doctors, nurses, pharmacists and other health care workers) should be invited to comment on the relevance and applicability of information to local practice. In addition, they can comment or advise on the local best practices when there is no reliable experimental evidence available. The greater the participation of the practising health professionals, the more chance there is that the formulary will respond to local information needs and therefore become a truly useful resource for all health care workers.